WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering ...

Our smallest woodpecker is so little it sometimes joins a "union" with chickadees, bushtits and nuthatches to enhance its foraging success. That's one reason the tiny downy woodpecker is one of the ...

This week’s featured creature, the downy woodpecker, is a bird that is as common in suburban yards as it is in rural areas. It is so named for the downy white feathers on its back between the wings ...

How do downy woodpeckers—North America’s smallest woodpeckers—manage to drill holes into the tough bark of trees? A paper published November 6 in the Journal of Experimental Biology offers some clues: ...

A downy woodpecker, the smallest species of woodpeckers in North America, which populate forested areas throughout the United States and Canada. (Adobe Stock) (CN) — Woodpeckers have a reputation for ...

“Woodpecker,” we think, when we see a black and white bird at our feeder or on a tree trunk, lumping members of a diverse family together. But which one is it? Woodpeckers deserve a second look, ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. A male downy woodpecker (scientific name Dryobates pubescens), the smallest woodpecker in North America at 14-18 cm in length ...